Can leaves look gold over lakes? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
loo roll
'lakes?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'can leaves look gold over' is the wordplay.
'can' becomes 'loo' (both can informally mean toilet).
'leaves look' becomes 'll' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'll'+'or'='llor'
'llor' written backwards gives 'roll'.
'loo'+'roll'='LOO ROLL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loo roll that I've seen before include "Paper for ladies" , "cleaning sheets" , "paper from another room?" , "Bumph" , "sheets required by Pan" .)